Browse Items · The Haskell Monroe Collection: Life in the Confederacy

A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865.

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Closing Scenes of the War About Richmond

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Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War

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Dixie After the War: An Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the Twelve Years Succeeding the Fall of Richmond

"Describes Virginia, beginning with the days immediately after Appomattox."

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Evacuation of Richmond

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Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin

“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed significant events in the war.”

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Experience in Richmond Hospitals

“Spring 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A former soldier recalls the realities of hospital days.”

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Escape of Breckinridge and Benjamin

“April-May 1865. Richmond To Charleston. A friend of John C. Breckinridge summarizes an 1874 conversation about the secret trips out of the defeated South by two key Confederates.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Cuba, loc:Richmond VA, pd:1910, su:confederate, su:economics, su:political, su:war experience, ts:memory